Regional Mobility Lead UKIMEA & Europe in London

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world. The Arup International Mobility programme spans the globe, enabling the deployment of our skills and expertise wherever they are needed to deliver Total Design solutions to our clients and grow in strategic markets. It also provides unique and highly developmental experiences for our people. The Arup Strategy ‘The Future We Choose’ informs the demand for new, changing, and redistributed colleague capability across the globe.

The International Mobility team plays a crucial role as an enabler of our strategic ambition, providing expert and efficient services and helping to ensure that we have the right capabilities in the right location, in the right quantity, and at the right time. As the Regional Mobility Lead for UKIMEA and Europe, you will deliver high-quality, compliant, and innovative mobility solutions across the region. You will collaborate with a range of colleagues to drive operational excellence and help shape the development and delivery of the roadmap for a transformed, elevated mobility proposition.

This role reports to the Global Head of International Mobility.

The Opportunity

• Lead operational delivery of global mobility in the region, driving improvement in process design and execution.
• Use AI, automation, and digital tools to enhance ways of working and provide insights to inform strategic decision-making.
• Apply deep subject matter expertise to enable mobility, mitigate risk and create solutions to complex challenges.
• Lead and coach a small regional mobility team, building enhanced capabilities and depth of expertise, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Act as a point of escalation for complex mobility cases, applying specialist knowledge to identify and mitigate risk in creating solutions.
• Partner with internal and external subject matter experts to ensure compliance with immigration, tax, and employment regulations across jurisdictions.
• Build relationships with business stakeholders at all levels and represent International Mobility in relevant forums.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support broader business and people team priorities, including workforce planning, leadership development and regional integration.
• Assess performance against mobility programme metrics.
• Create and implement initiatives to course correct as needed.
• Inform the vision and roadmap for a transformed, elevated mobility proposition; develop and deliver initiatives to motivate change aligned to the roadmap.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

• Strategic mentality with operational excellence.
• Passion for quality and continuous improvement.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the international mobility lifecycle, including immigration, tax, and relocation logistics.
• Excellent communication skills and a track record of collaborating with collaborators at all organisational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and inspire change.
• Proven people leadership, development and coaching experience.
• Experience of managing relationships with external vendors and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills, with the ability to use insights to inform decision making and process improvements.
• Familiarity with a range of mobility service delivery models and the application of technology within these.
• Strong awareness of emerging trends in mobility.

What We Offer You

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts. We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

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